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| Purring pet |
| Animated "Explorer |
| Fiddler on the Roof" setting that answers the question "Where else could Sabbath be so sweet? |
| Iowa setting for the League of Sofa Manufacturers convention? |
| Middle Eastern market |
| Get some downtime |
| Fleet head |
| Talladega" singer who goes by his middle name, not first name (Kenneth): 2 wds. |
| Margaret Thatcher's middle name |
| Cricket term |
| Ballet luminary |
| Othello's betrayer |
| Unreturned serve |
| Alphabetical Jackson 5 hit |
| Presidential middle name between Fitzgerald and Milhous |
| Rocket expert Willy |
| Metallic element |
| Leafy vegetable |
| Quiet |
| Intense, as competition |
| Narrow inlet of a river |
| 1929 Ethel Waters hit whose title is a question |
| Mississippi explorer |
| ___ Pet (kitschy plant) |
| Character changed by spirits at Yuletide |
| Antarctic sea. |
| Canadian singer Morissette |
| Actress-director's vegetables? |
| Petticoat |